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-------------------------------------------Shattered Illusion : Copy Of a Ninja
: Chapter 11
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Even before the door opened, Naruto could tell that the room was packed, hundreds of foreign and local genin gathered for one purpose, advancement to the chuunin rank.
The kaleidoscope of colour that was revealed to him upon entering was amazing; regardless of where the boy looked his eyes met that of another ninja of high skills, the ages varied, but the majority would have to be in their mid to late twenties.
Such small observations told much, with skills comparable to their own, these genin had been unable to pass the exam for years on end, it would not be an easy task.
The gathering had an interesting and useful side effect on their auras, the chakra of everyone in the room was battling each other, those stronger than most were easily spotted, there pattern clearly outlined compared to the almost unrecognisable amalgam that was created from the blending of those with lesser power. And even among those that stood out there were a select few that almost seemed to repel the others.
This circumspect study was broken however by a sudden squeal from Naruto's right.
"Sasuke kun!!! You're late!!"
In not much time all nine of the rookie genin had gathered near the entrance, no doubt each trying to gain some small reassurance from the familiar faces.
Ignoring the byplay, Naruto continued to scan the room.
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"You guys are rookies just out of the academy right? Screaming like schoolgirls… geez… this isn't a picnic."
Turning toward the unidentified voice, Naruto was greeted by one of those ninja that had stood out to him clearly. The volume and finesse his chakra conveyed was above that of even Kakashi. There was something fishy here, there was no way that someone of this skill could possibly be a genin, he would bear watching, leaf village candidate or not.
A wise decision, that man reeks of the treacherous snake clan.
Keeping his suspicion to himself, Naruto listened in on the conversation.
"I'm Kabuto, but instead of that, look behind you…those guys are from the hidden rain, they have short tempers, everyone is nervous about the exam. Quiet down before you cause a scene. Well, I can't blame you, you guys remind me of how I used to be."
Sakura broke in here, "So this is your second time?"
"Nope, my seventh time… heh heh, I'll share some info with you cute rookies with these nin info cards."
Taking out a stack of seemingly blank cards from his side belt pouch Kabuto placed them on the ground. Gathering some of that tightly controlled chakra, he raised data from the cards. Personally Naruto did not see the point, the minute the cards were made the data became obsolete, a ninja that did not consistently build his skills and eleminate or compensate weaknesses was a dead ninja. Ignoring the cards, Naruto waited for the mysterious genin to continue.
"Leaf, sand, rain, grass, water fall, sound… many outstanding genins from the various hidden villages are here to take the exam. Basically, all the people here are like Lee and Gara, they are the top elite genins from the various countries."
Taking that last note as his cue, Naruto contributed his own thoughts on the matter. "Good, I wouldn't want to go to sleep from boredom, If they weren't the best they would not even stand a chance. It's a nice pep talk, but it didn't work, if anything the fact that we are rookies just shows how much better we are than the rest of you. Maybe you should be worried. heh"
Raising his voice, Naruto called out for all to hear. "You hear that, Give it everything you've got, cause you are going to need it to compete with me."
Ignoring the intense gaze from just about everyone in the room, the boy made his way over to the wall by the entrance, and settled down to wait.
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Naruto did not turn his attention back to the room until he felt the telltale gathering of chakra that signalled an attack, three sound nin were fast approaching Kabuto. It was a perfect opportunity to see the man in battle.
The three sound nin were fast, and had a well executed attack pattern, but even that fell by the wayside when compared to Kabuto. The physical attack completely missed, and only the sound waves it generated had any effect, smashing his glasses.
Kabuto wanted to give off a different impression however, and bent down to the ground as if in pain, throwing up.
Medic-nin, was Naruto's immediate thought from this, his control over his body appeared absolute. This had quite a number of very severe connotations.
Naruto was once again taken from his thoughts though by an explosion from the front of the room.
"Quiet down you worthless bastards."
The examiners had arrived.
"Thanks for waiting, I am Morino Ibiki, the examiner for the chuunin selection exams first test."
Pointing to the altercation located near Naruto, the examiner continued.
"Hidden sound guys, stop doing as you please before the exam, do you want to fail already?"
Ignoring their reply, his attention focussed once more on those at the front of the exam room.
"Heres a good opportunity to say this. There will be no fighting without the permission of the examiners, even if permission is granted, killing your opponent will not be tolerated. Those pigs that disobey me will be failed immediately. Do I make myself clear?"
After waiting for any objections he continued. "We will now start the first test in the chuunin exam."
He held up a numbered plastic tab from a jar on the desk in front of him.
"Instead of the current seating arrangement, you will pick one of these tabs and sit in the seat assigned to you. We will then hand out the exams."
Waiting his turn to grab a chip, Naruto quickly found his seat.
"Do not turn your tests over. Listen closely to what I am about to say. There are many important rules for this first test. Questions are not allowed, so listen carefully. The first rule… you guys will all start off with ten points. But say if you miss three questions… then you lose three points and will have seven. The second rule… this is a team test. Whether you pass or not will be determined with the combined score of your teammates. So each team will compete to see how many points they can hold onto from the initial thirty. The third and most important rule… anyone caught by the exam officers doing sneaky activities, namely cheating.. will have two points abstracted for every offence. So there will be some who will lose all their points during the exam and be asked to leave… we'll have our eyes on you guys. And the final rule… those that lose all their initial points and those that fail to answer any questions correctly will be failed immediately along with their two teammates."
"The exam will last one hour. BEGIN!!"
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